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凯特王妃生男生女引发博彩热潮

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2015-05-03 07:20 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Bookies reckon Kate Middleton's baby will be a girl called Alice, but our expert says it's definitely a boy.

博彩业者们推测凯特·米德尔顿的孩子会是个叫爱丽丝的女孩，但是我们的专家认为它一定是个男孩。

The Duchess of Cambridge hasn't been seen in days and her mum Carole Middleton has already moved in to give a helping¹ hand. If that wasn't enough evidence for you, the most dedicated² Royal baby fanatics³ are already camped outside the Lindo Wing AND people are Tweeting that Kate is in labour. We all know Twitter is never wrong...

So while Kate is getting ready to push, bookies across the country are already in a frenzy⁴ over what they Royal baby will be, with overwhelming odds⁵ on a certain sex and name.

'The name Alice now accounts for over a third of all wagers⁶ we have taken on the Royal Baby name,' said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly. 'This gamble has rumbled⁷ on for quite some time now and we are all but convinced that if the baby is a girl, she will be called Alice.'

In fact the bookies are now taking bets of 4/6 that it will be a girl and 11/10 a boy, with 6/4 odds that the little girl will be named Alice.

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1 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 dedicated
adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的
参考例句：
He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。 His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 fanatics
狂热者，入迷者( fanatic的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The heathen temple was torn down by a crowd of religions fanatics. 异教徒的神殿被一群宗教狂热分子拆除了。 Placing nukes in the hands of baby-faced fanatics? 把核弹交给一些宗教狂热者手里？

4 frenzy
n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动
参考例句：
He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。 They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

5 odds
n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别
参考例句：
The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。 Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

6 wagers
n.赌注，用钱打赌( wager的名词复数 )v.在（某物）上赌钱，打赌( wager的第三人称单数 )；保证，担保
参考例句：
He wagers $100 on the result of the election. 他用100美元来对选举结果打赌。来自互联网 He often wagers money on horses. 他时常在马身上赌钱。来自互联网

7 rumbled
发出隆隆声，发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 )；轰鸣着缓慢行进；发现…的真相；看穿（阴谋）
参考例句：
The machine rumbled as it started up. 机器轰鸣着发动起来。 Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on. 事情迅速平静下来了，然而，在这种平静的表面背后争论如隆隆雷声，持续不断。

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